DCNS: over 50 combat-system trials performed on the FREMM Normandie

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Thursday, 26 June 2014 13:03

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Naval Industry News - France

DCNS:
over 50 combat-system trials performed on the FREMM Normandie

The
FREMM Normandie multi-mission frigate, second of the series ordered
by OCCAR on behalf of the French DGA (General Directorate for Armament)
and the French Navy, has just completed five weeks of intense activities
off the Toulon coast. These trials have allowed the validation of the
frigate’s combat system performance before its delivery to the
French Navy at the end of 2014.

Picture:
DCNS

The series of trials for the FREMM Normandie, which
has just been completed in the Mediterranean, was principally dedicated
to the verification of the vessel’s combat system. To perform these,
the frigate was integrated into numerous scenarios, allowing progress
in the setting up of its capacities in all areas of warfare (anti-aircraft
warfare, anti-submarine warfare…).

These qualification trials were performed thanks to numerous support resources
made available by the DGA and the French Navy (radar beacons, fighter
aircrafts, maritime patrol aircrafts, helicopters, surface ships, submarines…).
Such support allowed, for example, the deployment of the vessel’s
electronic warfare system (interception, decoys and jamming) or the establishment
of tactical data links.

Picture:
DCNS

“In total, we performed around fifty trials on
the FREMM Normandie, thanks to the active involvement of all the DCNS,
French Navy, DGA and OCCAR teams. These trials contribute to the proper
integration of the frigate’s different sensors and weapons into
the latest-generation SETIS® combat management system developed by
DCNS” indicates Anne Bianchi, Director of the FREMM program.

The presence of the frigate in Toulon also allowed the completion of certain
trial relating to the vessel’s
platform with, as the high point, the first deck landing of the Cai¨man
NH90 helicopter.

After a final test performed with the support of the FREMM Aquitaine on
Tuesday 24 June, and allowing the verification of the interoperability
between the 2 frigates, the Normandie frigate has now sailed to the DCNS
site in Lorient. Final finishing work will be carried out on the vessel
over the summer before its delivery to the French Navy, expected over
the course of the last quarter of 2014.